Blake BJ, Taylor GA, Sowell RL, Akers TA, Bairan A, Wallace BP; International Conference on AIDS (15th : 2004 : Bangkok, Thailand).

Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. TuPeE5371.

Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, United States

Issue: In April 2003, CDC launched a new initiative entitled Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic. The initiative's goal is to place greater emphasis on prevention services for persons with HIV in the USA. While the CDC provides broad objectives for this initiative, development of the specific programs to achieve the objectives have been left to individual states. Description: The State of Georgia adopted an Academic-State partnership model as a strategy for developing its prevention for positives (PFP) initiative. This model builds on the strengths of state and local health departments, CBOs, and academic researchers in crafting an effective program with measurable outcomes. As the initial step in constructing the program, it was determined that a statewide community assessment allowing all constitutes input was essential. To facilitate this progress, funding was obtained from private industry allowing the academic partner to organize and conduct a community forum. This forum brought together constitutes from across the State to discuss needs, concerns, barriers and strategies associated with the PFP initiative. The results of this planning initiative provided a gestalt view of issues that form a valuable foundation on which to build Georgia's PFP initiative. Lessons learned: An academic-state partnership model can provide a successful strategy for developing an effective PFP initiative. It is vital to have all stakeholders at the table when developing such a program. However, it can be equally as important to insure that individuals with research/outcome measurement expertise play a major role in facilitating/guiding the program development process. Recommendations: In developing HIV-related programs, academic-community partnerships are essential to insure that state and community planning efforts benefit from the academic expertise

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Environment
• Georgia
• Georgia (Republic)
• HIV Infections
• HIV Seropositivity
• Health Planning
• Health Services Needs and Demand
• Program Development
• Research
• Residence Characteristics
• methods
• therapy

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0038958

UI: 102283174

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